When Amazon.com announced it would start selling an Android-based tablet called the Kindle Fire, pundits jumped on a perceived mano-a-mano between the online retail giant and Apple. After all, the Fire – with its hooks in Amazon’s music, e-books and retailing operations – will be a powerfully backed challenger to the iPad 2. But the […]
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• B&N launching Nook Tablet for $249 on November 16th, and we’ve got the dirty details – It’s very similar to the Nook Color, but with twice the memory and twice the storage. And Nook Color dropping to $199; new software update brings Hulu Plus, music • Amazon next-generation Kindle Fire likely to have 8.9-inch […]
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Like clockwork, here’s your Friday open comments thread. You know how this thing works, right? Leave a comment about anything related to personal technology, and I’ll approve it. Come back later to see what others had to say about what you had to say, and then say some more. And since it’s also the first […]
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Back in the good old days – and in this case, emphasis on the old – you used to be able to run a tab in all kinds of establishments, not just bars. In the era when there were more horses and buggies in the streets than automobiles, you could buy something and tell the […]
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• Amazon, Now a Book Lender – There are a limited number of Kindle books offered, and only members of Amazon’s Prime service can participate. You can borrow one Kindle book at a time, and one per month, but hold onto it for an unlimited amount of time. • The Truth About Amazon Publishing – […]
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